Information on Antibiotic and description medication
Antibiotic is: any substance produced by a microorganism which harms or kills another microorganism. The first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered in 1929 by Sir Alexander Fleming who observed the inhibition of staphylococci on a plate contaminated by a Penicillin mold.
By the mid 1940's antibiotics were available for treatment against many bacterial infections including strep throat, pneumonia, skin infections, wound infections, scarlet fever, toxic shock syndrome and other bacterial infections.
By the early 1950's the discovery and introduction of streptomycin, tetracycline and other antibiotics (penicillin) led to effective treatment of a vast array of formerly life-threatening infections, illnesses and diseases. Antibiotics are only effective in the treatment of bacterial infections. They have absolutely zero impact on viral infections.